C.J. Wilson Decision Expected Soon

1:01am: Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports echoes Bowden's sentiment (via Twitter), while Scott Miller of CBS Sports tweets that sources tell him the Marlins think they may be fighting a losing battle.

12:28am: Bowden has a source who expects Wilson to sign with the Angels tomorrow morning, though the terms of the supposedly upcoming agreement aren't available (Twitter link).

11:58pm: A decision isn't expected until the morning, a source tells Morosi (Twitter link). Of course, technically, "morning" officially arrives in two minutes in Dallas, but Morosi isn't interpreting it literally. MLBTR's 24-hour coverage will continue through the night, just in case Wilson's decision comes before dawn.

10:24pm: Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports hears from a source close to the Wilson negotiations that he expects the lefty to sign with the Angels for five years. The Marlins are offering an extra year, but Wilson is being swayed by the chance to pitch near his California home (Twitterlinks).

9:55pm: C.J. Wilson has meetings with the Marlins and Angels tonight, and is expected to make a decision tonight or tomorrow, tweets Jim Bowden of ESPN.com and MLB Network Radio.

Earlier today, we heard that the Marlins' offer to Wilson is for six years, while the Angels probably aren't willing to go higher than five. The Rangers haven't been told they're out of the running, but are thought to have offered just four years and are resigned to the possiblity that Wilson will sign elsewhere.

I hope he goes to the NL, he always killed the Red Sox. The Rangers are certainly playing with fire if they don’t add a starter. Holland and Ogando had very good years as full timers, but can they hit again with Feliz in the rotation?

If they sign him and move Hanley + gaby sanchez for maybe Gio gonzalez or Ervin Santana and have (Ricky Nolasco and Anibal to maybe add more to that bullpen) it would be crazy but i think they would go out and get prince after that haha fantasy crapp

As an Angel fan, I’m definitely going to be dissapointed about losing Wilson. He seemed perfect for this Angels rotation. But unlike last year, I’m not going to be pissed at the Angels. I mean can you really blame them? They clearly actively pursued Wilson and in my opinion gave the best contract they could. The ball is really in Wilson’s court, play in your hometown, or go to Miami for an additional year. If Wilson ends up in Miami, its not because the Angels didn’t pursue him, its cuz he wanted an additional guaranteed year.

If Wilson does end up with the Marlins, which I’m hoping he doesn’t, I hope Dipoto doesn’t pull a Reagins and make a panic move. For example, don’t overpay Ramirez. Dipoto needs to continue to add to the bullpen, and shore up some starting pitching aka get Kuroda. Fact of the matter is, with the salary restrictions, the Angels can’t afford an overhaul of the offense, and adding little pieces for huge prices won’t help that much. They need to focus on their style of baseball, pitching and defense. Bottom line, the Angels need to focus on how to win 3-2 games, not 10-9 games.

So Wilson will choose something in the range of 5/75 from the Angels over 6/90 or so from the Marlins? Guess I wouldn’t blame him. I’m from So. Cal and I’d be okay playing baseball for $75 million and being close to my family.

I think C.J. is way, way, way underrated. If they stay healthy, Jered and C.J. are going to be one helluva one/two punch at the head of their rotation for years to come. Hopefully for everybody else, he never gets it together in the postseason.

Angels defense was better than the Rangers last year.
Although the Rangers have a better infield than the Angels, the difference is not as great as the difference between the Angels outfield defense compared to the Rangers.

best era in baseball. And this year we’ll be without the talents of Rodney(LOl) and Wilson replacing Piniero is definitely an upgrade. Walden’s number are actually good even though he blew those 10 saves. I have faith he’ll be OK. So once we sign Wilson, all we’ll need to do is beef up this BP and it’s on and crackin.

I learned something this week I hadn’t heard before….players actually pay state tax in what ever state their road games are played in also…so he will pay Ca State tax on all games played in Ca and Washington state tax for the games played in Seattle etc…

Dude, I was reading your comment and I was like, “Hmmm this sounds a lot like what Thomas just texted me” and it turns out to be you XD lol I hadn’t read your name haha that’s why I guessed that it was you and it was lmfao

Where does this put the Rangers, losing their ace pitchers in back to back off seasons, I know they’ve been a sort of a dark horse candidate for Pujols and Fielder but it now seems that they need another pitcher or 2. The Washington Nationals have yet to make much noise either…

Now Dipoto’s next move is to get some more bullpen arms and just sit tight. Trading Ervin is gona be a popular notion, but isn’t Dipoto trying to fill a hole in the bullpen by getting Wilson? It makes no sense to immediately come back and trade Ervin, creating ANOTHER hole. The Angels need to focus on their strengths, Weav, Haren, CJ, Santana give this team a really good chance of winning, even with their offense.

The Angels actually scare the crap out me, more than the Marlins, I thought Miami needed Pujols to try and sell that team, the Cardinals needed him because he’s always been a Cardinal, the Angels, just jumped right into this and as you point out, have loads of money. I’ve given up on believing Pujols ever really meant half the things he said about the Cardinals, and the fans here, I can see him going to the Angels, they can out bid the Cardinals with 10 years 230 million